If you think of history as dull or boring, check out the new online collection from the North Carolina State Archives, in the North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project (www.archives.ncdcr.gov/newspaper/index.html). Also now available is the Web site of the North Carolina State Archives Digital Collections (http://ncecho.contentdm.oclc.org/index.php). From newspaper reports to family Bibles, records of the lives of North Carolinians over two centuries now are available. Almost 24,000 records are keyword searchable and offer a treasure trove for schoolchildren, researchers and people who love to know about life.
Newspapers dating from 1751 in the State Archives are now just a mouse click away through the search or advance search links. The digitized newspapers date from 1751 to 1816 and ceased publishing long ago. The state’s earliest newspaper was “The North-Carolina Gazette” published Aug. 4, 1751, in New Bern. The earliest edition digitized is from Nov. 15, 1751, with the Latin motto “Semper Pro Libertate, et Bono Publico” or “Always for Freedom and the Public Good.”
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